E279: Once Upon an Apocalypse with Jeff Motes

Author Jeff Motes drops by. He’s going to share with us how he crafted his Once Upon an Apocalypse series just for you.

Jeff Motes started out answering preparedness questions of friends on social media. What started as just an intention to help friends turned into not one book… not two books… it turned into a three book series titled Once Upon an Apocaplyse. And a fourth on the way with possibly more.

By day, Jeff is an electrical engineer and master electrician. So, it is no surprise he picked an EMP for his book. In the process, he hopes to teach more people about preparedness from the perspective of three different levels of being prepared.

Once Upon an Apocalypse Topics Discussed with Jeff Motes:

How Jeff got into writing

The author(s) who inspire him

His favorite prepper fiction book

His favorite nonprepper book

What inspired Jeff to write the Once Upon an Apocalypse series

Is he just trying to tell a good story in a genre he loves or his he wrapping survival lessons in a story

How the series starts

Why he chose an EMP as the catalyst for the cataclysm

Where he draws inspiration for the characters and story

What did he find to be the hardest part when writing post-apocalyptic fiction

How writing these books changed Jeff Motes’ own preparedness journey

Jeff’s prepper fiction pet peeves

When the poop hits the fan blade, what will be Jeff’s long gun of choice